A Short History Of The Commodore 64

This video is a read through of the Wikipedia article
Neil takes a trip back to his childhood to talk about the Commodore 64. A Guinness world Record holding machine and one of the early kings in the world of the P.C
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[@nawletorre7136]

best system/platform ever

[@dubsy1026]

good video, but it's pronounced Tram-el

[@DOSBoxMom]

Lots of good memories of our C64s! My husband and I bought a 64c at an after-Christmas (Boxing Day) sale in 1987, and that was our first-ever computer. We eventually added a C128 and a "breadbin" C64 to that, as well as an Amiga 500, before we eventually switched to IBM-compatibles only (when the games we wanted to play were no longer being made in C64 or Amiga versions). One of the C64s lingered on in the basement for a year or two, and I'd play the soundtracks to the Ultima games (III, IV & V) while ironing my husband's dress shirts on the weekends. And all this before our kids were old enough to play computer games themselves!

[@JeffintheD]

Thank you for doing this! My first was a Vic 20, and then the C-64. I learned BASIC programming as a young teen with those computers and ran a Bulletin Board System (BBS) with a 56 Baud dial up modem and a separate phone line I paid for with a paper route. What good memories. I really enjoyed watching this, so thanks again.

[@TheKidDogg]

No Problem. nice that it brought back some happy memory's :)

[@Greg_Huff]

Oh man you took the words out of my mouth buddy. Man those were the days.

[@jeeperscreepers8902]

I loved my commodore 64. I had more copied games then I knew what to do with. So many games.

[@SteveLeicht1]

I wonder, if you added it all up, what the total value of all pirated copies of games for the C64 would be?

[@wimwiddershins]

C64 forever!

[@benfoster4271]

Without question the greatest gaming computer 💻 of the 80's. It's one of many excellent memories of the 1980's the greatest decade to be a youngster.

[@mattjahnke239]

Let me guess: That was your 'it" computer. It was mine.

[@shunpillay]

Loved the video. Thanks.

[@pelimies1818]

Addendum: Finland is the country which has most C64s per capita. Also most Donald Duck readers per capita. Also most Coffee consumed per capita. Also Happiest country in the world, 7 times in a row. Maybe connection is there, maybe not.

[@mattjahnke239]

I had a 64. That was my "it" computer: I did everything on it: homework. Games. Whatever. I'd print my homework on it, and turned it in to the teacher. However, that internet connection sound was a little irritable. Now, I realize that it was the start of the web, but it was still annoying.

[@giuseppelavecchia775]

Video bellissimo,il C64 e' il computer piu leggendario,e il piu venduto nella storia,dopo di lui,l'AMIGA

[@HisVirusness]

Very informative, thank you.

[@disposablebasterd]

Jack Tam riel? Is that the Aluminum for his name?

[@marcharter839]

I love it! Great video.

[@KyrinSolaq]

I got one for $10 at a Goodwill can’t wait to test it

[@swampnutz]

It would be cool to see a video like this but for the Atari 8-bit line.

[@TheKidDogg]

+Phildo's Lair oh it's coming ;)

[@swampnutz]

Awesome. Look forward to it!

[@seanwebb605]

What kind of peer to peer communication did it allow in terms of short run dial up connection? For example how easily would it have been for a model in 1984 to connect to a friend's computer in your neighbourhood via modem to exchange messages or media content? And how well could it have served for distance education or home schooling for youth?

[@mf77francis9]

I'm still a zx spectrum 48k fan, we even had magazines...

[@jacobnelson5906]

the bulk of the video is literally word for word what the wikipedia article says... I was literally (no hyperbole) reading along. It was kinda surreal.

[@ZA1US]

Yikes. Kinda sad that he was reading from the Wikipedia article and was pronouncing Tramiel as Tamriel...

[@alexfrost2276]

5:40 Eetaree:)

[@spranks]

I expected something better, you just read the wikipedia page as it is

[@Sidequestsexsploringwithpaul]

Take a look at the mpu 1000 👍👍👍